August 28, 2011

Hi stampin' friends! This morning I have a card to share that I made yesterday for 3 challenges. I followed the great sketch that they have at Pink Ink Sketch Challenges by Cheri. I also played along with the Bingo Challenge at Just Magnolia and hAngler sTangler. I love Bingo Challenges and for my card I used the diagonal line, Gems, Flowers, Lace and Ribbon and finally I used some gorgeous BasicGrey Oxford 6x6 papers so I would like to enter my card in the Anything Goes Challenge at BasicGrey Challenges.

I started out colouring up this image, Tilda Gone Fishing, using the No Black Lines technique that is everywhere in blogland and looks so gorgeous! It is really tough to do though and I ended up tossing the image in the bin it was so terrible. I will try again and hopefully I will end up with something worth putting on a card. I had to colour up another image of this sweet Tilda and went with lines this time, lol! I am not into fishing but for some reason I just adore this image. I coloured Tilda with my Copics and did that spotted background around her with some Warm Grey Copics. I also inked with Pumice Stone Distress ink.

I love the BasicGrey Oxford papers they are such beautiful papers and I love the colours. I used some Melissa Frances rub-ons for the sentiments and the one on the image says....A bad day fishing is better than a good day at work! I suppose that is true even if you aren't much into fishing, he, he, he. I added a few small flowers, some brown seam binding and cotton lace trim and a sprinkling of blue gems.

Here is the inside....pretty simple. The sentiment is from the MFT More Essential Sentiments set.

Well, Thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card!

August 26, 2011

Hello stampin' friends! Back again today with a card that I made for the My Favorite Things Wednesday Stamp Club Challenge # 34! They have another fabulous sketch this week so I just had to play along and it didn't hurt that I had a new scrumptious BasicGrey Indie Bloom paper pad calling my name either, smile! I think I am in loooove....with this paper, he, he, he! What fabulous colours!!!! How do they do it over there at BasicGrey?! I always LOVE everything they come up with!

I thought I would ink up this sweet Pure Innocence stamp from MFT called Make a Splash! I coloured her with my Copics and paper pieced her tankini, cut her out and pop-dotted her on the panel cute with the Textile Rectangle Die-nmaics Die. I also used the solid bracket Die-namics border die. I stamped one of the sentiments that comes with the Make a Splash stamp set, on the Die-nmaics tab die. I added some Lilac Twinery Twine with a BG Button and sprinkling of lilac gems to finish things off.

Here is the inside of the card....this sentiment is from the Pure Innocence set PI and the Pinwheel!

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card!

August 15, 2011

Hey crafty friends! Hope you had a relaxing weekend and perhaps you had a little crafty time too! I sure did! I made this card following the sketch that they have this week for the MFT Wednesday Stamp Club Challenge # 32! I decided to make an easel card for my friend who just had her first baby...a beautiful little girl!!! I used my new A La Mode Bundle of Baby stamp set which was perfect for my card! I just adore this sweet stamp and I teamed it up with some pretty MME Stella Rose, Gertie 6x6 papers! I coloured the image with my Copics and paper pieced her top, leggings and the blanket. I added some shading with my Prismacolor pencils and stamped around the edges of the image with my "Splotch" stamp from Rosewood Stamps.

I used my MFT Simply Scalloped Die-namics die and my Pretty Posies, Perfect Petals and Flower and Leaf Trio Die-namics to make all the flowers. I cut them from MFT My favorite Felt...I soooooo love the MFT felt it is fabulous stuff and cuts beautifully with the Die-namics dies. I cut the cork buttons with the Button Quartet Die-nmaics. I used one of the sentiments that comes with the Bundle of Baby stamp set and stamped it on a tag that I cut with a QuicKutz dies.

Here is the inside/bottom of the easel card...I stamped a shadow image in Lady Bug Memento ink and this sentiment is from a set that came in the Baby Bump MFT VIP kit.

Well, thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card! Hope you have a great week!

August 13, 2011

Hey stampin' friends! Yay! It's the weekend and that means crafty time for me! I discovered a new....well, new to me, digi stamp line, that I just think is soooooo super cute! I was over at Amy's gorgeous blog, A Thousand Sheets of Paper, drooling over all her amazing creations (love her cards to bits) when I saw her some Odd Girl cards and I fell in serious looovvveee!!!! These Odd girls and boys are just soooooo darn CUTE...eeekkk! Well, I had to get me some! Then I decided to play along with the challenge that they have over at the Some Odd Girl blog. The challenge is to use two complimentary colours from the colour wheel.

So, for my card I printed out this sweetie, Beach Babe Kaylee! I coloured her up with my Copics and gave her a bronzed tan. I used my BasicGrey Sweet Threads 6x6 paper pad cuz it has one of my fave complimentary colour combos, lime green and hot pink! I left the image in the Nestie die and inked with Worn Lipstick Distress ink. I added a few Prima flowers with Sweet Threads painted brads in the centers and a little pink bling. I also used my Open Bracket Die-namics border die and the sentiment is from the MFT Pure Innocence Make a Splash set.

I thought Kaylee would look good sporting some mirrored sunglasses so I added Stix2 foil to her glasses.

Here is the inside of the card....this is another MFT Pure Innocence sentiment.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and havin' a wee peek at my Odd Girlie card, he, he, he! I think you will be seeing a few more of these Odd Girls from me.

August 10, 2011

Hey Stampin' friends! Well, I am very glad to report that Hannah is back to her old self, the swelling has gone down completely and she is feeling much better!

So I made this card tonight to give as a thank you to Hannah and Kieran's favourite Summer Camp Counsellor, Jello (not her real name, he, he, he)! She just so happens to be the daughter of Kieran's Godfather too. Well, I thought she would really like this sweet MFT A La Mode cutie from the set You Are Unrepeatable. The MFT DT shared their monthly Creative Challenge for August yesterday and they made cards with FUN and FANCY FOLDS! Well, I was totally inspired by all their gorgeous cards that I thought I would try a new fold for a change! I saw this fabulous step card on Erica's blog and I thought it would be perfect!

August 07, 2011

I have to say making this card this afternoon was a very therapeutic little break for me. we have had a very distressing weekend. Hannah has had a severe allergic reaction to something and we can't pin point what it is exactly. I think she was either stung or bit by an insect or has got into some poison ivy or oak at day camp. Her face swelled right up and she broke out in a terrible, itchy rash all over her face, neck, chest and back. I took her to the walk-in clinic on Friday and we got some cream but then Saturday morning she woke up and was much worse and her face was so swollen, it was shocking. I took her to the hospital immediately and she is now on several medications. We are just waiting for the swelling in her face to go down. I feel so badly for her. She is so uncomfortable and the swelling around her eyes is causing pressure and pain and giving her a headache. It is starting to get better though and the meds are working. The rash is fading and her energy and spirits are up a bit more today. We just can't wait for the swelling in he face to go away completely and for her to back to her regular self!

So, for my card today I used papers from my BasicGrey 6x6 Oxford paper pad and teamed it up with this adorable little PI girl from the MFT Pure Innocence stamp set Popping By. I cut the large ticket shapes on my Silhouette Digital Craft Cutter from Kraft cardstock and stamped the image on one and then coloured it with my Prismacolor Pencils. I love the look of Pencils on Kraft paper. I have only ever done this once before so I thought I would give it a go again. I am quite happy with how she turned out. I used my new MFT Die-namics Mini Ticket Strip Die and cut them from Kraft cardstock. I then separated them at the perforation. I stamped the sentiment from the MFT Die-namics Notched Tag Die and Stamp set on the mini tickets. I added a little pearl to the center for the flower in her hair and to her little Mary Janes with some Viva Decor Pearl Pen.

Here is the inside of the card....I stamped a shadow stamp of the PI Girl in Rhubarb Salk Memento ink and then stamped one of the sentiments that came with Popping By set on another one of the tickets that I cut on my Silhouette this one is a little smaller.

Well, thanks so much for stopping by and having a wee peek at my card for this week's MFT WSC challenge!

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Hi, Tara here! Thanks for stopping by! I'm an American Sign Language/English interpreter, mother of 2 wonderful kids, (Hannah 18 and Kieran is 16) and wife to a great guy, Chris! I spend all my free time getting inky, colouring cute stamped images with my Copics and die-cutting until my hearts content. My passion is making one-of-a-kind cards that celebrate special occasions and cherished relationships and documenting the people, places and things WE love in the pages of my scrapbooks!

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